A vaporizing apparatus includes a mouthpiece, battery and a reservoir housing an intake tube forming an air passage and vaporizing chamber proximal the battery. The vaporizing chamber also includes an inlet and vaporizing element completing an electric circuit with the battery for heating. A vapor outlet tube extends through the air passage, terminating in the vaporizing chamber adjacent the vaporizing element, and an air intake proximal the mouthpiece allows suction from the mouthpiece to urge air from the air intake through the air passage to join a vaporizable material urged through the inlet in the vaporizing chamber, vaporizing the vaporizable material with vapor exiting the mouthpiece through the vapor outlet tube.
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1. A vaporizing apparatus having a mouthpiece and a battery, the apparatus comprising: a reservoir housing; an intake tube comprising an air passage; a vaporizing chamber, wherein the intake tube opens into the vaporizing chamber, wherein the reservoir housing extends radially around the intake tube and the vaporizing chamber; an inlet disposed between the reservoir and the vaporizing chamber, such that the reservoir is in open communication with the vaporizing chamber; a semipermeable barrier disposed between the inlet and the vaporizing chamber; a vaporizing element in the vaporizing chamber, the vaporizing element interruptably completing an electric circuit with the battery; a vapor outlet tube extending through the air passage and terminating in the vaporizing chamber adjacent the vaporizing element; an air intake proximal to the mouthpiece, wherein suction at the mouthpiece urges air from the air intake through the air passage to join a vaporizable material urged through the inlet and into the vaporizing chamber, and wherein the vaporizing element vaporizes the vaporizable material, thereby allowing vapor to exit the mouthpiece through the vapor outlet tube.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the air intake is formed in the mouthpiece.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reservoir further comprises a refilling port.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vaporizing element is grounded to the vaporizing chamber.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vaporizing element is grounded to the vapor outlet tube.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a threaded connection between the reservoir and the battery.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an insulator between the vaporizing element and a threaded connection to the battery.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a manually operated circuit control for completing the circuit between the vaporizing element and the battery.
9. A vaporizing apparatus having a mouthpiece and a battery, the apparatus comprising: a reservoir radially centered around an intake tube, the intake tube radially centered around a vapor outlet tube; an air intake in open communication with the intake tube; an enlarged vaporizing chamber disposed at a distal end of the intake tube, such that air entering the air intake reaches the enlarged vaporizing chamber through the intake tube; an inlet disposed between the reservoir and the vaporizing chamber, such that the reservoir is in open communication with the vaporizing chamber; a semipermeable barrier disposed between the inlet and the vaporizing chamber; a vaporizing element interruptably forming an electric circuit with the battery, the vaporizing element extending across the vaporizing chamber, wherein the vapor outlet tube extends from the mouthpiece and terminates in the vaporizing chamber, adjacent the vaporizing element, wherein suction at the mouthpiece urges air from the air intake through the intake tube to join a vaporizable material urged through the inlet and into the vaporizing chamber, and wherein the vaporizing element vaporizes the vaporizable material, thereby allowing a vapor to exit the mouthpiece through the vapor outlet tube.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the air intake is formed in the mouthpiece.
11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the reservoir further comprises a refilling port.
12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the vaporizing element is grounded to the vaporizing chamber.
13. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the vaporizing element is grounded to the vapor outlet tube.
14. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising a threaded connection between the reservoir and the battery.
15. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising an insulator between the vaporizing element and a threaded connection to the battery.
16. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising a manually operated circuit control for completing the circuit between the vaporizing element and the battery.
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August 29, 2016
August 20, 2019
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